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VRL promoters scrap regional airline plan

New civil aviation policy does not auger well for its planned venture

VRL promoters scrap regional airline plan
Updated On : 20 Jul 2016 | 8:40 PM IST

Defiant entrepreneur flaps wings again, makes waves

Vijay Sankeshwar, 66, chairman and managing director and promoter of VRL Logistics, has always bet against odds: He is planning to enter aviation again after his plans for the sector failed to take off a decade ago - in 2006.Every time he started a new venture, the stocky business owner has always defied naysayers.The truck business Sankeshwar started four decades ago against the wishes of his family has now spawned into a logistics empire of over 4,000 vehicles delivering parcels and ferrying passengers on luxury buses across India. He started the Kannada newspaper - Vijay Karnataka - in the early 2000s as the largest-selling daily in the state before he sold it to the Times group for a profit. In 2012, after a five years, he launched another Kannada paper - Vijaya Vani - naming himself as the editor. In his teens, Sankeshwar had revived his father's printing business before venturing out on his own.Sankeshwar is a believer in dreaming big but also likes to do things differently. Whe

Defiant entrepreneur flaps wings again, makes waves
Updated On : 24 May 2016 | 11:42 PM IST

VRL Logistics tanks 20% on weak Q4 results

The stock locked in lower circuit of 20% at Rs 315 on BSE after the company reported 32% YoY decline in profit at Rs 13.21 crore for Q4FY16.

VRL Logistics tanks 20% on weak Q4 results
Updated On : 24 May 2016 | 10:09 AM IST

VRL Logistics to start regional airline

The move comes in the backdrop of 20% plus passenger traffic growth

VRL Logistics to start regional airline
Updated On : 23 May 2016 | 11:57 PM IST